Mansfield College, Oxford
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Mansfield College, Oxford is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford[3] in Oxford, England. The college was founded in Birmingham in 1838 as a college for Nonconformist students. It moved to Oxford in 1886 and was renamed Mansfield College after George Mansfield and his sister Elizabeth. In 1995 a royal charter was awarded giving the institution full college status. The college grounds are located on Mansfield Road, near the centre of Oxford.
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![]() Arms: Gules an open book proper inscribed DEUS LOCUTUS EST NOBIS IN FILIO in letters sable bound argent edged and clasped or between three cross crosslets or. | |||||||||||||
Location | Mansfield Road | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 51.757428°N 1.252876°W | ||||||||||||
Motto | Deus locutus est nobis in filio ("God hath spoken unto us by [his] son", Hebrews 1:1–2) | ||||||||||||
Established | 1838 as Spring Hill College 1886 as Mansfield College | ||||||||||||
Named for | George and Elizabeth Mansfield | ||||||||||||
Architect | Basil Champneys | ||||||||||||
Sister college | Homerton College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||
Principal | Helen Mountfield | ||||||||||||
Undergraduates | 239[1] (2020-2021) | ||||||||||||
Postgraduates | 173 | ||||||||||||
Endowment | £17 million (2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||
Boat club | Boatclub | ||||||||||||
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As of February 2018,[1] the college comprises 231 undergraduates, 158 graduates, 34 visiting students and 67[4] fellows and academics.
The principal of the college since 2018 is Helen Mountfield, a barrister and legal scholar.